Dow Chemical to create hundreds of jobs for Great Lakes Bay Region

MIDLAND — The Dow Chemical Co. is expected to create hundreds of new jobs in the Great Lakes Bay Region after Thursday's announcement of a new business alliance the company will form with India-based Tata Consultancy Services.

The alliance is an expansion of an existing relationship between Dow Chemical and Tata.
Dow, along with Tata, announced plans to build a new strategic services center near the site of Dow's global headquarters in Midland. Dow said construction on the site, which will accommodate 1,250 employees, is planned to begin next year.

“This strategic partnership will make our already lean and efficient corporate center even more so, by supporting a business services model that delivers world-class capabilities at an estimated 30 percent savings,” said Dave Kepler, Dow executive vice president of Business Services in a press release.

Tata is an IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization that has over 140,000 IT consultants in 42 countries.